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Title:Effective flood warning the Australian way : the Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship visit to Australia and New Zealand 23 October - 27 November 1994Author: Lindsay PicklesDocument Type: MonographAbstract:In August 1992, the Bureau of Meteorology and Australia's Emergency Management Institute, the umbrella body of the State Emergency Services, began to study ways of improving the effectiveness of warnings. They concluded that there were four stages in the dissemination of a warning and published "Guidelines for Effective Warnings". The four stages this publication looked at were: Understanding; Belief; Receipt; and Action.Publisher: National Rivers AuthorityPublication Date: 1994Publication Place: [Bristol]Subject Keywords:Flood risk management; Disaster preparedness; Flood forecasting; Communication; Flood controlGeographic Keywords:AustraliaExtent: 20Permalink:http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ealit:2896Total file downloads: 0